11/29/18

Today in class we discussed the vote over if the total percent of immigrants in the world was 3% or 9%. I voted for 3%, and turned out to be right! I tried to think logically, as in how the world has a huge amount of people in it right now. 9% would be close to 10%, and 10% is a lot of people! So I decided to stick with 3%. We also spent time looking for the answer in trustworthy sources, which helped us learn about which websites to trust. This will be helpful information for the future when we have to do research projects and we're looking for facts. We spent the last portion of class discussing and voting on our political views. Im in-between pro trump and anti trump, and I agree with somethings he does, and I disagree with other things. I voted for no opinion because of this. Im excited to start having more votes and such in class, I think it will be a good way to start discussion.

11/28/18

Today in class, we looked at a packet on migration. We highlighted everything that we had already gone over and learned in the past. I thought it was actually quite a lot of information! Turns out, it was by the same companies and publishers, so it made sense. I enjoyed doing this since it was like another review and it was starting to make it easy to remember. I think i'm starting to memorize and comprehend the material a lot more than when we started all of this. I'm excited to continue with this topic, as I find it really interesting! I've always tried to stick close to the migration topic, wether it be on tv, or in the newspaper. I really enjoy keeping up with all of the new immigration laws and things like that.

11/17/18

Today in class we took notes on our new unit: Migration. These are the notes I took:

- Mobility is most generalized a term that refers to all types of movements
- Short-Term and repetitive acts of mobility are referred to ask circulation
- A permanent move to another location is called migration
- Ravenstein's "laws" for distance that migrants typically move:
    1. most migrants relocate a short distance and remain within the same country.
    2. Long distance migrants to other countries head for major centers of economic activity
- Migration can be divided into two categories
    1. International Migration - permanent move from one country to another
       - voluntary
       - forced
    2. Internal Migration - permanent move within the same country
       - interregional
       - intraregional
- Approximately 9% of the worlds population are international migrants
- Global Pattern reflects migration tendencies from developing countries to developed countries
      - Net-Out migration
         ex: Asia, Latin America, Asia
      - Net-In migration
         ex: North America, Europe, Australia

11/20/18

Today in class we took a quiz on the video we watched yesterday. It was about Hans and his course on Global Health. The questions were mostly from the worksheet we completed yesterday so we had a good idea of what the answers were. It also helped that we went over the worksheet in detail before taking the quiz. I think I did good on the quiz, hopefully i got a 100%! We also had time at the end of class to start/complete our blog for tonight which is helpful since it will be due by midnight. Knowing myself, I would probably forget to do it since it feels like a Friday, even though it's a Tuesday. I'm looking forward to break because it will be nice to have a week off to relax and re collect ourselves before the end of the semester. I think I will be able to get all my grades up to A's and hopefully get first honors. I got second honors the previous quarter, and I'm hoping to improve.

11/19/18

Today in class we watched a video. It was from a few years ago, so the information is probably a little outdated but it was still a good representation. In the video there was a man named Hans who was presenting us with information on a graph. The X-axis represented Life Expectancy and the Y-axis represented Income. Then he color coded all of the nations and put them onto the graph. He showed us how over time, the nations progressed and improved (mostly). Some places like Europe and The Americas improved a lot, while others like Iran only had minor improvement. I thought it was helpful to see the information plotted on a graph!

11/16/18

Today was the day after our snow day! We actually had a two hour delay which means we had shortened classes. I was late due to the conditions on the road, which wasn't great, but I was able to focus back on class quickly. We talked about the 4 stages of growth in population, the industrial growth in Europe and North America, and how to lower population. We spent most of our time taking notes, but we also viewed a graph too. It didn't make sense at first, but after we went over everything it was much more clear. Im looking forward to thanksgiving break next week!

11/14/18

Today in class, we took notes about things related to World War two. These are some things that I wrote down:

- The total fertility rate in the world is 2.5. This is above 2.1 which means the population is increasing.
- About 82 million people are added to the world each year. This is natural increase.
- Developing countries have high crude birth rates, total fertility rates, and infant mortality rates.
- A population pyramid is a bar graph that displays a countries distinctive population structure.
- More than 95 percent of the natural increase is in developing countries.
- TFR stands for total fertility rate.
- Dependency ratio is the number of people who are too young or too old to work compared compared to the number of people in their productive years.
- Developed countries have low crude birth rates, total fertility rates, and infant mortality rates.

I think that this unit will be easy for us to understand because of our prior knowledge on some of the subjects. Hopefully this will give us the upper-hand when it comes to taking our test!

Test Review Day

Today in class we reviewed the test we just took. I thought i did pretty well, as I did get a 94, which is an A. The questions that I got wrong were minor mistakes which was frustrating for me, but I'm glad I've gotten to learn from them. This was my first time getting the bell after a test which was pretty great! It was nice to see that the results of studying actually have payed off. I'm going to strive to do even better on the next test, and the next, and so on. Hopefully one day I will be able to receive a 100 percent on a test! I am going to set that as my goal from now on, to try and receive a 100 percent on a test within the rest of the semester.

New Unit

Today in class we started a new unit. This unit is going to go a little bit more in depth and more into what we had learned prior to this. It's already seemed to be a little bit easier than when we first learned about this topic since we have some prior knowledge about it. For example we already know about crude birth rate, crude death rate, and the rate natural increase. We also learned more about population density. Population density is going to end up being an important topic for us and will be something we remember after the course is over. We also looked at multiple maps about population density with various topics. I'm excited to get more into this unit!

Test Day

Today in class we took our test. It was mainly focusing on population, birth rates, death rates, and other terms that we've been over. I thought I did really well on it compared to my other tests. I studied for a few days before the test which I though helped a lot. I think I ended up getting a good grade on it which will be a good way to start the quarter. After the test we drew cartoons on the back of the test. This actually helped me relax and think of a better answer for one of the questions. The cartoons we're also just a really fun thing to do after thinking for a while on the test. I didn't think the questions were too hard, except for the push and pull forces, which were a little more challenging.

Test Review Day

Today in class we reviewed for the first fifteen questions on the test tomorrow. To do these we used our computers and went onto Cia.gov. We got to explore the website again, although this time we had more of an idea of where everything was on the site. I thought this was a good review because it reminded us how to use the website and how to look for the answers. We mostly looked for information about people, like crude birth rate, death rate, and fertility rate. We also learned about Mr. Schicks career as a producer which I found really interesting since I also have an interest in doing something like that. I hope I do well on the test tomorrow!

Not in class 11/2/18

I was sick today, and couldn't come to school.